Thursday, March 25, 2010

week 9 #3

When intense communication occurs between peers or family member’s people tend to not be able to receive feedback well. Clearly then, problems or situations do not get resolved and then people are mad at each other. Of course this could be avoided if people would actively listen to a person when they are speaking and not get caught up in the phrases but the overall solution. For example, when in a group, members tend to throughout ideas other members then critique. However, some ideas and suggestions could be taking negatively and a person can feel offended. This tends to lead to arguments and members having negative tense towards members throughout the project. Nevertheless, members should make sure they have clarity and well explain themselves to make sure other members don’t misinterpret them. For example, when I was in a group, a member throughout an idea on the project and the other member said his idea was insufficient. In other words, he was trying to say that his ideas were not all the way thought out. However, the member didn’t take as that, he thought his idea wasn’t good enough for the group so he got offensive and upset. Nevertheless, the member had to explain it better for the person to defuse the conflict. Therefore, members should make sure that their worlds have clarity to where all members of the group can understand and no confusion and conflict occurs.

1 comment:

  1. I also found the topic of feedback interesting in this week’s discussion. Feedback is a difficult task to master. The example you gave of intense communication proves this. Putting all feelings aside and responding with no judgments would be rather difficult for anyone to do. Still, feedback is a vital process for any group to resolve their issues and grow. I have been in several small groups over the past years of schooling. Some members have been able to give and take feedback well, others have not. I found it helpful to have a feedback or critique outline. However, it would only help in some situations.

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